Breaking Rules Publishing Submission Guidelines
We publish short stories, poetry, screenplays - novellas and novels in the fiction and non-fiction genres, we even have cookbooks, coffee table books and promotional material. We are looking for authors and writers who are looking outside the box, willing to help in their own success and breaking a few of the normal rules along the way.
What you'll find here - Traditional Book Publishing - Magazine - Anthology and Outside The Lines submission guidelines. Please read carefully. Works that are submitted that do not meet the guidelines will be returned for the author to make corrections and asked to resubmit. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Breaking Rules Publishing and our submission guidelines.
What you'll find here - Traditional Book Publishing - Magazine - Anthology and Outside The Lines submission guidelines. Please read carefully. Works that are submitted that do not meet the guidelines will be returned for the author to make corrections and asked to resubmit. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Breaking Rules Publishing and our submission guidelines.
Traditional Book Publishing Submissions
To submit your manuscript, short story, or poetry for publishing consideration, please send an email to info@breakingrulespublishing.com.
All submissions must -
Be sent in a "Word Doc" - 8.5 x 11 format - a clean, edited story with the authors name and title should be at the top of the page - please, no special margins - your story should be indented properly - single-spaced - in a 12 font - no double spaces between paragraphs - and no headers or footers.
Work that is sent incorrectly will be sent back. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Breaking Rules Publishing
but also don't want to add additional work for our formatting team.
Editing: By submitting you agree to allow Breaking Rules Publishing to provide a light edit, spell check, formatting, appropriate grammar, to all stories published.
Copyrights: The author retains all copyrights to the submitted work. At the author's consent, pieces may be published online within the companies website, social media sites, blogs and newsletters.
Please note that other publications may not accept your work as "unpublished" work. If you do subsequently publish your work in another publication, proper attribution must be given to Breaking Rules Publishing and/or Breaking Rules Publishing website. As a condition of submission, you will be required to agree to the terms of the Contributor's Agreement specifying your rights and obligations under the terms.
Privacy Policy: Breaking Rules Publishing collects personal information for the purpose of communication with the author as well as marketing. All information submitted is kept in confidence, used solely for notification purposes, and shall not be made public. Breaking Rules Publishing does not lease, sell, or share personal information collected.
For purposes of privacy, if you are selected for publication, you will only be identified by your first and last name. Any other personal information will not be used. For example, you would appear in Breaking Rules Publishing magazine - The Scribe as John Doe. If you need confirmation of publication - write us at info@breakingrulespublishing.com and we can prepare a letter for you.
Royalty Package
Many publishers don't tell you about their royalty package until the very end of your process. We're letting you know upfront that we will publish your book and help you market it. We will pay royalties of 70 - 30 (in our favor) until the first 200 books have been sold. Once you have sold 200 books that situation will flip and the rate will be a 50 - 50 split. Giving you a much higher return on your work. This will also allow us to help pay for additional admin and printing costs related to your book.
Note - Royalties are paid on the last day of every month for the previous month's sales. BRP is not responsible for fees on your side of the PayPal payment.
To submit your manuscript, short story, or poetry for publishing consideration, please send an email to info@breakingrulespublishing.com.
All submissions must -
Be sent in a "Word Doc" - 8.5 x 11 format - a clean, edited story with the authors name and title should be at the top of the page - please, no special margins - your story should be indented properly - single-spaced - in a 12 font - no double spaces between paragraphs - and no headers or footers.
Work that is sent incorrectly will be sent back. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Breaking Rules Publishing
but also don't want to add additional work for our formatting team.
Editing: By submitting you agree to allow Breaking Rules Publishing to provide a light edit, spell check, formatting, appropriate grammar, to all stories published.
Copyrights: The author retains all copyrights to the submitted work. At the author's consent, pieces may be published online within the companies website, social media sites, blogs and newsletters.
Please note that other publications may not accept your work as "unpublished" work. If you do subsequently publish your work in another publication, proper attribution must be given to Breaking Rules Publishing and/or Breaking Rules Publishing website. As a condition of submission, you will be required to agree to the terms of the Contributor's Agreement specifying your rights and obligations under the terms.
Privacy Policy: Breaking Rules Publishing collects personal information for the purpose of communication with the author as well as marketing. All information submitted is kept in confidence, used solely for notification purposes, and shall not be made public. Breaking Rules Publishing does not lease, sell, or share personal information collected.
For purposes of privacy, if you are selected for publication, you will only be identified by your first and last name. Any other personal information will not be used. For example, you would appear in Breaking Rules Publishing magazine - The Scribe as John Doe. If you need confirmation of publication - write us at info@breakingrulespublishing.com and we can prepare a letter for you.
Royalty Package
Many publishers don't tell you about their royalty package until the very end of your process. We're letting you know upfront that we will publish your book and help you market it. We will pay royalties of 70 - 30 (in our favor) until the first 200 books have been sold. Once you have sold 200 books that situation will flip and the rate will be a 50 - 50 split. Giving you a much higher return on your work. This will also allow us to help pay for additional admin and printing costs related to your book.
Note - Royalties are paid on the last day of every month for the previous month's sales. BRP is not responsible for fees on your side of the PayPal payment.
Breaking Rules Publishing Short Story Book Project.
To submit your short story to the Breaking Rules Publishing Short Story Book Project, please send an email to info@breakingrulespublishing.com.
Please include your contact information, including location in the body of your email, as well as a "Word Doc" attachment of your work. We will confirm your submission within 24 hours, as well as get back to you within one week on the possibility for publishing options.
All submissions must -
Be sent in a "Word Doc" - 8.5 x 11 format - a clean, edited story with the authors name and title should be at the top of the page - please, no special margins - your story should be indented properly - single spaced - in a 12 font - no double spaces between paragraphs - and no headers or footers. Page limit are - 5 pages min and 30 max.
Work that is sent incorrectly will be sent back. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Breaking Rules Publishing but also don't want to add additional work for our formatting team.
Editing: By submitting you agree to allow Breaking Rules Publishing to provide a light edit, spell check, formatting, appropriate grammar, to all stories published.
Copyrights: The author retains all copyrights to the submitted work. With your consent, BRP may publish of your work in future journals and publicity pieces, and other formats or contexts determined by, and at the discretion of, Breaking Rules Publishing. Please note that other publications may not accept your work as "unpublished" work. If you do subsequently publish your work in another publication, proper attribution must be given to Breaking Rules Publishing and/or Breaking Rules Publishing website. As a condition of submission, you will be required to agree to the terms of the Contributor's Agreement specifying your rights and obligations under the terms.
Privacy Policy: Breaking Rules Publishing collects personal information for the purpose of communication with the author as well as marketing. All information submitted is kept in confidence, used solely for notification purposes, and shall not be made public. Breaking Rules Publishing does not lease, sell, or share personal information collected.
For purposes of privacy, if you are selected for publication, you will only be identified by your first and last name. Any other personal information will not be used. For example, you would appear in Breaking Rules Publishing magazine - The Scribe as John Doe. If you need confirmation of publication write us at info@breakingrulespublishing.com and we can prepare a letter for you.
Royalty Package
The sales of each book will be held separately and independently. Royalties will be distributed on the 15th of August and February of each year. After printing costs - a 50/50 split will be in place - 50% of the sales will be split between each author of each particular book. The percentage will depend on the exact page count for each story. The remaining 50% will be held by Breaking Rules Publishing. Of that the BRP portion - 50% will go directly to administrative costs, the remaining 50% will be placed in our scholarship programs.
Fees: There are NO charges or fees to participate in this project. BRP is not responsible for any fees on your side of the PayPal payment.
To submit your short story to the Breaking Rules Publishing Short Story Book Project, please send an email to info@breakingrulespublishing.com.
Please include your contact information, including location in the body of your email, as well as a "Word Doc" attachment of your work. We will confirm your submission within 24 hours, as well as get back to you within one week on the possibility for publishing options.
All submissions must -
Be sent in a "Word Doc" - 8.5 x 11 format - a clean, edited story with the authors name and title should be at the top of the page - please, no special margins - your story should be indented properly - single spaced - in a 12 font - no double spaces between paragraphs - and no headers or footers. Page limit are - 5 pages min and 30 max.
Work that is sent incorrectly will be sent back. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Breaking Rules Publishing but also don't want to add additional work for our formatting team.
Editing: By submitting you agree to allow Breaking Rules Publishing to provide a light edit, spell check, formatting, appropriate grammar, to all stories published.
Copyrights: The author retains all copyrights to the submitted work. With your consent, BRP may publish of your work in future journals and publicity pieces, and other formats or contexts determined by, and at the discretion of, Breaking Rules Publishing. Please note that other publications may not accept your work as "unpublished" work. If you do subsequently publish your work in another publication, proper attribution must be given to Breaking Rules Publishing and/or Breaking Rules Publishing website. As a condition of submission, you will be required to agree to the terms of the Contributor's Agreement specifying your rights and obligations under the terms.
Privacy Policy: Breaking Rules Publishing collects personal information for the purpose of communication with the author as well as marketing. All information submitted is kept in confidence, used solely for notification purposes, and shall not be made public. Breaking Rules Publishing does not lease, sell, or share personal information collected.
For purposes of privacy, if you are selected for publication, you will only be identified by your first and last name. Any other personal information will not be used. For example, you would appear in Breaking Rules Publishing magazine - The Scribe as John Doe. If you need confirmation of publication write us at info@breakingrulespublishing.com and we can prepare a letter for you.
Royalty Package
The sales of each book will be held separately and independently. Royalties will be distributed on the 15th of August and February of each year. After printing costs - a 50/50 split will be in place - 50% of the sales will be split between each author of each particular book. The percentage will depend on the exact page count for each story. The remaining 50% will be held by Breaking Rules Publishing. Of that the BRP portion - 50% will go directly to administrative costs, the remaining 50% will be placed in our scholarship programs.
Fees: There are NO charges or fees to participate in this project. BRP is not responsible for any fees on your side of the PayPal payment.
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Submission Guidelines for, The Scribe, Someday, Horror or Triangle Writers Magazines:
- All short stories and poems for ALL of the Magazines must be submitted as an attachment in "Word" form and emailed to – pattymccarthy@breakingrulespublishing.com.
- Your subject line should include which magazine you are submitting to, as well as indicating whether it is poetry or a short story.
- Your edited entry must be original, in English, and not accepted by any other publisher at the time of submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted; however, we ask that you contact us if it’s accepted elsewhere.
- The author will hold the copyright and sign a contract allowing BRP to publish their work.
Previously published works/books - Breaking Rules Publishing will not republish previously published works in our magazines. We will however be happy to offer you an authors advertisement/promo - we will ask you to purchase an authors promo package for $50 - you will receive (your cover - authors photo - blurb - website and social media sites - we will also post a portion of your story for promotional purposes.) No payment will be made for previously published works. We will also require a release from you and the publisher of the work.
All submissions must -
Be sent in a "Word Doc" - 8.5 x 11 format - a clean, edited story with the authors name and title should be at the top of the page - please, no special margins - your story should be indented properly - single spaced - in a 12 font - no double spaces between paragraphs - and no headers or footers. Writers should also consider submitting a image that relates to their story. One that will bring attention to themselves and their story. All submissions must be submitted by the 10th of the month with an exact word count.
Also - your contact information should in the body of your email.
Work that is sent incorrectly will be sent back. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Breaking Rules Publishing but also don't want to add additional work for our formatting team.
Editing: By submitting you agree to allow Breaking Rules Publishing to provide a light edit, spell check, formatting, appropriate grammar, to all stories published.
Short stories should be no more than 5500 words, excluding title. Payment is $.02 per word up to 5500 words per accepted published story. Accepted stories beyond the word count will only be paid for the 5500 words.
Poetry should be no more than 300 words, excluding title. Payment is $10 per accepted published piece.
- If your piece is not selected for the current issue - we may ask that you either edit and rework your piece or allow us to hold it for the next issue.
Articles - starting with the April issues - all articles will be paid .02 per word up to 1000 words. Feel free to go over or under - unfortunately the max number of words. As the magazines increase in volume - so will the amount of pay per word.
Important Note - Each piece submitted must fit the theme and focus of the magazine and must be submitted by the 1st of each month. Submissions that do not fit the guidelines will be returned for the author to mark corrections.
Someday is an all genre - all art form magazine.
The Scribe is an all genre magazine.
Horror is a magazine focused on the genres of horror/paranormal/thriller.
Triangle Writers is focused on LGBT writers or stories and poetry in the LGBT genre.
(It is not required that you are LGBT)
Privacy Policy: Breaking Rules Publishing collects personal information for the purpose of communication with the author as well as marketing. All information submitted is kept in confidence, used solely for notification purposes, and shall not be made public. Breaking Rules Publishing does not lease, sell, or share personal information collected.
For purposes of privacy, if you are selected for publication, you will only be identified by your first and last name. Any other personal information will not be used. For example, you would appear in Breaking Rules Publishing magazine - The Scribe as John Doe. If you need confirmation of publication write us at info@breakingrulespublishing.com and we can prepare a letter for you..
Payment for stories placed in the BRP magazines will begin on the 30-31st of the following month. Unfortunately at this time we are not able to offer a contributors copy. As the magazines grow this policy will change. BRP is not responsible for any fees on your side of the PayPal payment.
Breaking Rules Publishing The Hollow Anthology
To submit your short story to the Bi-Monthly Breaking Rules Publishing Horror Anthology, starting in January 2020 - released by the end of the month - please send an email to pattymccarthy@breakingrulespublishing.com by the 10th of the book release month.
In your email - please include your contact information, including location in the body of your email, as well as a "Word Doc" attachment of your work. We will confirm your submission within 24 hours, as well as get back to you within one week on the possibility for publishing options.
All submissions must -
Be sent in a "Word Doc" - 8.5 x 11 format - a clean, edited story with the authors name and title at the top of the page - please, no special margins - your story should be indented properly - single spaced - in a 12 font - no double spaces between paragraphs - and no headers or footers. Page limit is 30 max - 15 min - all submissions but be sent in by the 10th of the book release month. Publishing starts January 2020.
Work that is sent incorrectly will be sent back. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Breaking Rules Publishing but also don't want to add additional work for our formatting team.
Editing: By submitting you agree to allow Breaking Rules Publishing to provide a light edit, spell check, formatting, appropriate grammar, to all stories published.
Copyrights: The author retains all copyrights to the submitted work. With your consent, BRP may publish of your work in future journals and publicity pieces, and other formats or contexts determined by, and at the discretion of, Breaking Rules Publishing. Please note that other publications may not accept your work as "unpublished" work. If you do subsequently publish your work in another publication, proper attribution must be given to Breaking Rules Publishing and/or Breaking Rules Publishing website. As a condition of submission, you will be required to agree to the terms of the Contributor's Agreement specifying your rights and obligations under the terms.
Privacy Policy: Breaking Rules Publishing collects personal information for the purpose of communication with the author as well as marketing. All information submitted is kept in confidence, used solely for notification purposes, and shall not be made public. Breaking Rules Publishing does not lease, sell, or share personal information collected.
For purposes of privacy, if you are selected for publication, you will only be identified by your first and last name. Any other personal information will not be used. For example, you would appear in Breaking Rules Publishing magazine - The Scribe as John Doe. If you need confirmation of publication write us at info@breakingrulespublishing.com and we can prepare a letter for you.
Royalty Package
The sales of each book will be held separately and independently. Royalties will be distributed on the 15th of August and February of each year. After printing costs - a 50/50 split will be in place - 50% of the sales will be split between each author of each particular book. The percentage will depend on the exact page count for each story. The remaining 50% will be held by Breaking Rules Publishing. Of that the BRP portion - 50% will go directly to administrative costs, the remaining 50% will be placed in our scholarship programs.
Fees: There are NO charges or fees to participate in this project. BRP is not responsible for any fees on your side of the PayPal payment.
Outside The Lines
An opportunity for artists - dancers - musicians - actors and writers to help promote themselves with a low cost purchasing opportunity. These books can be coffee table books, promotional material or small essays or books to help promote the artist. The material can also be used to send to performance venues, granting opportunities and entry to galleries and artist calls.
All work must be formatted in the desired size with images placed properly. The BRP editing and formatting staff will work with you closely to create the product that will best suit your needs. To help the artist with the cost of printing. The greater part of this program is that BRP is asking the artist to pay on $2 over cost and shipping per book. If you are interested in this new program, please contact Sam at info@breakingrulespublishing.com, he would be happy to help you.
To submit your short story to the Bi-Monthly Breaking Rules Publishing Horror Anthology, starting in January 2020 - released by the end of the month - please send an email to pattymccarthy@breakingrulespublishing.com by the 10th of the book release month.
In your email - please include your contact information, including location in the body of your email, as well as a "Word Doc" attachment of your work. We will confirm your submission within 24 hours, as well as get back to you within one week on the possibility for publishing options.
All submissions must -
Be sent in a "Word Doc" - 8.5 x 11 format - a clean, edited story with the authors name and title at the top of the page - please, no special margins - your story should be indented properly - single spaced - in a 12 font - no double spaces between paragraphs - and no headers or footers. Page limit is 30 max - 15 min - all submissions but be sent in by the 10th of the book release month. Publishing starts January 2020.
Work that is sent incorrectly will be sent back. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Breaking Rules Publishing but also don't want to add additional work for our formatting team.
Editing: By submitting you agree to allow Breaking Rules Publishing to provide a light edit, spell check, formatting, appropriate grammar, to all stories published.
Copyrights: The author retains all copyrights to the submitted work. With your consent, BRP may publish of your work in future journals and publicity pieces, and other formats or contexts determined by, and at the discretion of, Breaking Rules Publishing. Please note that other publications may not accept your work as "unpublished" work. If you do subsequently publish your work in another publication, proper attribution must be given to Breaking Rules Publishing and/or Breaking Rules Publishing website. As a condition of submission, you will be required to agree to the terms of the Contributor's Agreement specifying your rights and obligations under the terms.
Privacy Policy: Breaking Rules Publishing collects personal information for the purpose of communication with the author as well as marketing. All information submitted is kept in confidence, used solely for notification purposes, and shall not be made public. Breaking Rules Publishing does not lease, sell, or share personal information collected.
For purposes of privacy, if you are selected for publication, you will only be identified by your first and last name. Any other personal information will not be used. For example, you would appear in Breaking Rules Publishing magazine - The Scribe as John Doe. If you need confirmation of publication write us at info@breakingrulespublishing.com and we can prepare a letter for you.
Royalty Package
The sales of each book will be held separately and independently. Royalties will be distributed on the 15th of August and February of each year. After printing costs - a 50/50 split will be in place - 50% of the sales will be split between each author of each particular book. The percentage will depend on the exact page count for each story. The remaining 50% will be held by Breaking Rules Publishing. Of that the BRP portion - 50% will go directly to administrative costs, the remaining 50% will be placed in our scholarship programs.
Fees: There are NO charges or fees to participate in this project. BRP is not responsible for any fees on your side of the PayPal payment.
Outside The Lines
An opportunity for artists - dancers - musicians - actors and writers to help promote themselves with a low cost purchasing opportunity. These books can be coffee table books, promotional material or small essays or books to help promote the artist. The material can also be used to send to performance venues, granting opportunities and entry to galleries and artist calls.
All work must be formatted in the desired size with images placed properly. The BRP editing and formatting staff will work with you closely to create the product that will best suit your needs. To help the artist with the cost of printing. The greater part of this program is that BRP is asking the artist to pay on $2 over cost and shipping per book. If you are interested in this new program, please contact Sam at info@breakingrulespublishing.com, he would be happy to help you.
